Kali Puja or Shyama Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow with due sacred fervor and enthusiasm.
The main features of the puja are worshiping the goddess Kali, lighting earthen lamps and candles at temples and residences, and conducting musical soirees.
Kali Puja is also called Deepabali or Diwali, the festival of lights.
Usually, Kali Puja, which celebrates the goddess of strength, wisdom and enlightenment, is celebrated on the night of Amavasya (new moon) of the Bengali calendar month Kartik.
In the evening, members of the Hindu community will light up earthen lamps (pradeep) and candles at their houses, temples and crematoriums in memory of their ancestors.
In the capital city, Kali Puja will be celebrated at Dhakeshwari National Temple, Ramkrishna Math and Mission, Siddheshwari Kali Mondir, Ramna Kali Mandir, Sri Sri Baradeshwari Kalimata Temple, Radha Gobinda Jeo Temple, Postogola crematorium, Biharilal Jeo Temple at Sutrapur, Gautam Mandir, Ramseeta Mandir, Shibmandir at Shankharibazar, Tanti Bazar and Bangla Bazar.
According to the puja schedule, the worship of goddess Kali will begin on midnight tomorrow at temples, which will be followed by the offering of anjali and “hom-joggo” and distribution of mahaprashad.
According to Hindu mythology, goddess Kali is the powerful and forceful form of Durga. Kali emerges as a form of the goddess Durga and fought a battle between divine and anti-divine forces.
The main purpose of the puja is to seek the help of the goddess in destroying evil, both in the outside world and within the human self.
The largest Kali Puja celebration takes place in Shakhari Bazar and Tanti Bazar in the old part of the capital. A festive mood is already prevailing in the air of Shakhari Bazar and Tanti Bazar area as makeshift pandals are erected and temples are decorated.
